Managing the child-to-adult transition

"...these are chronic conditions that are not going to magically go away when a patient turns 18 or 21." — Dr. William Anderson Adolescence and early adulthood tend to be a rough stretch for patients with allergic disease. Asthma that used to be well controlled can start to drift. Teenagers take more chances with foods they are meant to avoid, and they show up for fewer of their appointments. Meanwhile the daily management is sliding off the parent and onto a patient who often is not ready to...